M1 crash J25–J26 northbound
Crash on the M1 northbound at J25–J26 on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 16:39. Cleared at 18:06 after 1 h 27 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 18:06 on 18 Oct 2026, after 1 h 27 min
- Location
- M1 northbound · J25–J26
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M1 northbound at the Trowell services slip road between J25 and J26).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M1 northbound between J25 and J26).
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- M1 closed J16–J17 northbound
- M1 crash J11–J11A northbound
- M1 crash J11 southbound
- M1 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M1 stopped traffic J12–J13 northbound
- M1 crash J27–J26 southbound
- M1 reported crash J10 southbound
- M1 crash J33–J32 southbound
- M1 crash J22–J23 northbound
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